Assessment methods for alcohol consumption, prevalence of high risk drinking and harm: a sensitivity analysis

Rehm, Jürgen; Greenfield, Thomas K.; Walsh, Gordon; Xie, Xiaodi; Robson, Lynda S.; Single, Eric

doi:10.1093/ije/28.2.219

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“…Of the four items of the alcoholism scale, two -weekly drunkenness and excessive drinkingmay be related to pathological drinking, which is essential for the HRD definition. 20 Nevertheless, the values of the areas under the ROC curve (using DIS, diagnostic interviews schedule, as gold-standard) for alcohol abuse and dependence extracted by the principal components analysis were respectively 0.76 and 0.79, which provide a reasonable performance of the instrument if used for population research purposes. 4 Weak agreement at the level of diagnosis is a common feature of standard population research on the prevalence of specific psychiatric disorders.…”

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Alcohol drinking patterns by gender, ethnicity, and social class in Bahia, Brazil

Almeida-Filho¹,

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ObjectiveTo study patterns of alcohol consumption and prevalence of high-risk drinking. Methods A household survey was carried out in a sample of 2,302 adults in Salvador, Brazil. Cases of High-Risk Drinking (HRD) were defined as those subjects who referred daily or weekly binge drinking plus episodes of drunkenness and those who reported any use of alcoholic beverages but with frequent drunkenness (at least once a week). Results Fifty-six per cent of the sample acknowledged drinking alcoholic beverages. Overall consumption was significantly related with gender (male), marital status (single), migration (non-migrant), better educated (college level), and social class (upper). No significant differences were found regarding ethnicity, except for cachaça (Brazilian sugarcane liquor) and other distilled beverages. Overall 12-month prevalence of highrisk drinking was 7%, six times more prevalent among males than females (almost 13% compared to 2.4%). A positive association of HRD prevalence with education and social class was found. No overall relationship was found between ethnicity and HRD. Male gender and higher socioeconomic status were associated with increased odds of HRD. Two-way stratified analyses yielded consistent gender effects throughout all strata of independent variables. Conclusions The findings suggest that social and cultural elements determine local patterns of alcohol-drinking behavior. Additional research on long-term and differential effects of gender, ethnicity, and social class on alcohol use and misuse is needed in order to explain their role as sources of social health inequities. Resumo Objetivos

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“…These drinking patterns, graduated frequency of alcohol intake and case definition criteria are in convergence with current research on alcohol consumption and high-risk drinking. 7,20 …”

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Alcohol drinking patterns by gender, ethnicity, and social class in Bahia, Brazil

Almeida-Filho¹,

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“…The former often fails to capture periods of heavy drinking outside of 'usual' routine, whereas the latter is prone to missing infrequent drinkers. 17,18 In the GF method, quantity responses were given in decreasing ranges down the page (20+ standard drinks, 11-19 drinks etc. ), with frequency responses across the page starting with the most frequent (everyday, 5-6 days a week etc.).…”

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Alcohol industry and governmental revenue from young Australians

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2016

Aust. Health Review

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Objective. The aim of the present study was to estimate the revenues collected by government and industry from alcohol consumption by young Australians in 2010.Methods. Statistical analyses were performed on data from the Australian National Drug Strategy Household Survey 2010 and alcohol data collected from an online retailer to calculate the proportion, frequency, quantity and revenues from alcohol consumption by young Australians.Results. One-third of adolescents (12-17 years old) and 85% of young adults (18-25 years old) consume alcohol. More than half the adolescents' alcohol consumption is from ready-to-drink spirits. Revenue generated from alcohol consumption by 12-25 year olds is estimated at $4.8 billion in 2010 (2014 Australian dollars): $2.8 billion to industry (sales) and $2.0 billion to government (taxes).Conclusions. Alcohol consumption by young Australians is prevalent, and young Australian drinkers consume alcohol in substantial amounts. The industry and taxation revenue from young drinkers is also considerable. It would be in the public interest to divert some of this revenue towards health initiatives to reduce drinking by young people, especially given the high societal costs of alcohol consumption.What is known about the topic? Australian adolescents aged 12-17 years consume substantial amounts of alcohol, and substantial amounts of revenue are generated from alcohol sales to them. What does this paper add? This paper provides recent estimates of alcohol consumption and revenue generated by Australian adolescents, and extends estimates to young adults aged 18-25 years. What are the implications for practitioners? A substantial proportion of Australian young people consume alcohol. The sales and taxation revenue generated from young people's drinking is substantial at A$4.8 billion in 2010 and is higher in real terms than estimates from previous studies. Some of the alcohol taxation revenue could be diverted to health promotion and education for young people, because the costs of alcohol consumption in terms of health outcomes and productivity losses for these age groups are expected to be especially high.

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“…The shortcomings of this method have been well documented elsewhere (e.g. Rehm et al 1999;Stockwell et al 2004;WHO 2000)-especially in relation to underestimated levels of consumption and numbers of episodic drinkers (i.e. binge drinkers).…”

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Assessing the evidence on Indigenous socioeconomic outcomes : A focus on the 2002 NATSISS

Hunter¹

2006

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Assessment methods for alcohol consumption, prevalence of high risk drinking and harm: a sensitivity analysis

Abstract: The characteristics of different measures of alcohol consumption should be considered in future research in epidemiology.

Cited by 166 publications

References 30 publications

Alcohol drinking patterns by gender, ethnicity, and social class in Bahia, Brazil

Alcohol drinking patterns by gender, ethnicity, and social class in Bahia, Brazil

Alcohol industry and governmental revenue from young Australians

Assessing the evidence on Indigenous socioeconomic outcomes : A focus on the 2002 NATSISS

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